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Everyone I played seems to be a bot - or they have super-human finger speed!

I "seed" my game by mashing < ^ > keys for a few seconds, then play normally.

I might revert to mashing if I free up some space.

edit Though the game also appears to be broken. This is my single player strategy too :)

You can semi-mash all the way up to 512 safely if you watch out for block buildup.

up-left over and over. when the top row is full, and your high block can't move right, you can move right. other than that, you up-left until you jam.

You can get pretty fast fairly easily. Just got the first 256 tile in 35 sec, first 512 tile in 1:12.

I will add to those: * sometimes system gets stuck and no competitor is found (well - maybe there really is no one else) * once board was loaded, for competitor blocks were moving so fast as if computer would play or some sort of bot

How in the world? http://awesomescreenshot.com/0792hc1za8

he was too quick to release...